Garment-supporter.



L. A. GRISWOLD.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.26,1916.

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LEWIS A. GRISWOLD, 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

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Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 19in.

Application led February 26, 1916. Serial No. 80,700.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEWIS A. GRIsWoLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

'Ihis invention is an improved garment supporter especially adapted forholding trousers and drawers with their waist bands in desired relativeposition, the object of the invention being to provide improved devicesof this kind which are cheap and simple in construction, and whichaccommodate themselves to the movements of the wearer and serve togreatly promote the comfort of the wearer and prevent the garments frombagging or chaing.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing z-Figure l is an elevation of garmentsupporting devices constructed and arranged in accordance with myinvention and showing the same connected to one end of the shoulderstrap. Il`ig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the same on the planeindicated on the line a-a of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment of my invention the shoulder strap 1 is doubled at theend as at 2 and provided with a suitable clasp or adjusting buckle 3. Alink ring 4 is attached i by the loop thus formed to the end of thesuspender or shoulder strap. A cast oif loop 5, which has a suitablesnap fastener or other suitable fastener 6 is attached to the link ringand is also detachably connected to a link 7. An equalizing strap 8 isslidably engaged with the link 7 and hence is connected to the suspenderstrap. Links 9 are attached to the ends of the equalizing strap and endstraps 10, which have button holes 1l, are slidably engaged with thesaid links. One of said end straps is to be buttoned to the waist bandof the trousers and the other is to be buttoned to the waist band of thedrawers. Owing to the slidable connection of the equalizing strap to thesuspender strap, said equalizing strap coacts with the end straps inautomatically adjusting the waist bands of the garments and serves tohold them in the desired relative position and hence prevents bagging orchaing of the garments. The equalizing straps of the Suspenders slideback and forth through the links 7 so that the supporters accommodatethemselves to the movements of the wearer and greatly promote hiscomfort. The end straps also move slidablyin the links 9 and serve toadjust themselves to the position of the garments and to relieve strainon the buttons and on the garments.

Other changes may also be made within the scope of my invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is In a garmentsupporter, a shoulder strap; an equalizing strap slidably connectedsolely to the said shoulder strap, and end straps each slidablyconnected to one end of the equalizing strap.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS A. GRISWOLD.

Witnessesi ALICE REDELBERGER, I-IARoLD DE BOLT.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for :tive cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner oi Eatcntr,

Washington, D. C. Y

